The adult moths of this species are pale brown,
with plain hindwings, and
with a line halfway across each forewing
of three or four rusty orange spots.
The wings very easily lose their scales.
The wingspan is about 3 cms.

However: it is thought that the Pseudanapaea specimens
listed as Pseudanapaea dentifascia that were found in eastern Australia
south of the Queensland border may be misidentifications of
Pseudanapaea transvestita,
and the ones north of the Queensland border are possible misidentifications of
Pseudanapaea denotata,
but it is also possible that all these names have been mis-applied to
other so-far unnamed species in the genus Pseudanapaea.